Big Brother 16 runner-up Joel Williams has been selected to stand for election to the Cardiff Central seat in the Welsh Assembly elections in May 2016. He will stand in the election for the Welsh Conservatives, while another of the candidates in the same seat is BB7 (2006) runner-up Glyn Wise representing the Welsh Nationalist party Plaid Cymru.

These seat is currently held in the Welsh Assembly by the Labour party which narrowly beat the Liberal Democrats in 2011, with the Conservatives in third and Plaid in fourth place.

Joel wrote on Twitter:

"Absolutely thrilled & delighted to announce I have been selected as the @WelshConserv candidate for Cardiff Central! pic.twitter.com/Pn968YSceM "

Big Brother 16 runner-up Joel Williams has been selected to stand for election to the Cardiff Central seat in the Welsh Assembly elections in May 2016. He will stand in the election for the Welsh Conservatives, while another of the candidates in the same seat is.....